10/06/2021
The name of the city is derived from the words “Rour” and “Kela”. While “Rour” stands for the village, “Kela” essentially means village
Rourkela celebrates Rourkela day every year on the 3rdof March
An interesting fact about the city is that as per popular legend, the legendary story of Mahabharata was actually written by Lord Ganesha. Besides, as per the same legend, he wrote the story while he was in a place called Vedvyas which is actually in Rourkela.
The Indian city of Rourkela often boasts about the fact that there has been no time when the city has faced anyone or the other type of calamity caused by mother nature. At the most, the natural instance which has caused damage to the city has been the heavy rainfall which the city is known to face from time to time. Apart from that, there has been no natural calamity owing to its strategic location
The city is amongst one of the most literate cities in the Country. The literacy rate of the city is, in fact, amongst the highest in the country and is greater than even the national literacy rate. While the national average literacy rate is around 60 percent, Rourkela boasts of 75% being the average literacy rate.